the Concept Machine

smokedmt: i just really want to hang this picture on my wall….

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:01:45 -0400

i just really want to hang this picture on my wall….

swords-smith: Wolf Forms The SWORDS-SMITH team took a field...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:28:00 -0400

Wolf Forms

The SWORDS-SMITH team took a field trip to Wolf Forms to inspect and measure our dress forms and check out the facility. Wolf is a family business that has been making dress forms in NYC for almost a century, supplying all parts of the industry from designers to fashion schools across the world. They relocated to New Jersey in the 90’s from the Garment Center in NYC.

They use skilled artisans to create each form beginning with pressing paper mache into custom molds that are then cured at 300 degrees in a walk-in kiln. Once extracted, each piece is hand-carved and filed down, adding and subtracting where needed. Then canvas is cut, sewn and stretched over the form. A custom metal rod and stand finishes each form.

Wolf forms is the kind of business that we love to support. Most of the employees have been there for years. Iris (pictured in the outtakes post) creates the covers by eye. The patterns pictured have not been touched in the 12 years she has been on staff. Their product is expertly made by hand with amazing craftsmanship.

Photography by Shay Platz

2headedsnake: Sharon Cummings

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:01:38 -0500

2headedsnake:

Sharon Cummings

womensweardaily: Mary Katrantzou RTW Spring 2013

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:01:37 -0500

womensweardaily:

Mary Katrantzou RTW Spring 2013

2headedsnake: Gerald & Cullen Rapp

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:46:57 -0500

2headedsnake:

Gerald & Cullen Rapp

Photo

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:01:31 -0500

1000scientists: Chih-Han Hsu

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:00:43 -0500

1000scientists:

Chih-Han Hsu

theclotheshorse: Lula, Fall/Winter 2012 photographed...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:00:49 -0500

theclotheshorse:

Lula, Fall/Winter 2012 photographed by Annemarieke van Drimmelen

cinyma: This isn’t a novel, this is a film. A film is...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:54:55 -0500

cinyma:

This isn’t a novel, this is a film. A film is life.

Week End (1967), director: Jean-Luc Godard.

showslow: Liquid Paintings by Ai Nhu | on Tumblr

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:00:35 -0400

showslow:

Liquid Paintings by Ai Nhu | on Tumblr

wgsn: Thinking about Halloween? We’re inspired by Bjork eating...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:00:51 -0400

wgsn:

Thinking about Halloween? We’re inspired by Bjork eating spaghetti nero shot by Juergen Teller in Venice, 2007

ubicouture: CÉLINE X ALBERT OEHLEN

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:00:40 -0400

ubicouture:

CÉLINE X ALBERT OEHLEN

farewell-kingdom: Theo Altenberg

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:58:42 -0400

farewell-kingdom:

Theo Altenberg

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Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:50:39 -0400

kateoplis: Alejandro Guijarro - Momentum (2010-12) “The artist...

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:41:34 -0400

kateoplis:

Alejandro Guijarro - Momentum (2010-12)

“The artist travelled to the great quantum mechanics institutions of the world and, using a large-format camera, photographed blackboards as he found them. Momentum displayed the photographs in life-size.

Before he walked into a lecture hall Guijarro had no idea what he might find. He began by recording the blackboard with the minimum of interference. No detail of the lecture hall was included, the blackboard frame was removed and we are left with a surface charged with abstract equations. Effectively these are documents. Yet once removed from their institutional beginnings the meaning evolves. The viewer begins to appreciate the equations for their line and form. Color comes into play and the waves created by the blackboard eraser suggest a vast landscape or galactic setting. The formulas appear to illustrate the worlds of Quantum Mechanics. What began as a precise lecture, a description of the physicist’s thought process, is transformed into a canvas open to any number of possibilities.”

1. Cambridge (2011)

2. Stanford (2012)

3. Berkeley I (2012)

4. Berkeley II (2012)

5. Oxford (2011)

Via: likeafieldmouse

We went hiking in Sunken Meadow State Park last weekend. The...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:56:25 -0400

We went hiking in Sunken Meadow State Park last weekend. The water was busy with boats, kayaks and swans.

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Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:56:01 -0400

Luis Camnitzer, The Photograph

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:01:03 -0400

Luis Camnitzer, The Photograph

businessoffashion: Black and white theme for this week’s...

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:48:37 -0400

businessoffashion:

Black and white theme for this week’s Creative Eyes from AnOther Magazine and Garage Magazine.

showslow: tristetriste - Scans from Paper Faces (1968) by...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:51:36 -0400

showslow:

tristetriste - Scans from Paper Faces (1968) by Michael Grater

These DIY children’s paper face masks are select excerpts from one of the many books created by the very talented Michael Grater, entitled Paper Faces. While many of his photographed examples of masks had certain sinister qualities to them, he somehow managed to portray a simple step-by-step guide which made the seemingly vexing task of creating his masks fun for the children interested in doing so.